Uk Energy Storage Research Capability Document Capturing the Energy Storage Academic Research Landscape
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UK ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH CAPABILITY DOCUMENT CAPTURING THE ENERGY STORAGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH LANDSCAPE June 2016 CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER INTRODUCTION 5 BIOGRAPHIES Dr Ainara Aguadero, Imperial College 10 Dr Maria Alfredsson, Kent 11 Dr Daniel Auger, Cranfield 12 Dr Audrius Bagdanavicius, Leicester 13 Prof Philip Bartlett, Southampton 14 Dr Léonard Berlouis, Strathclyde 15 Dr Rohit Bhagat, Warwick 16 Dr Nuno Bimbo, Lancaster 17 Dr Frédéric Blanc, Liverpool 18 Prof Nigel Brandon, Imperial College 19 Dr Dan Brett, UCL 20 Prof Peter Bruce, Oxford 21 Dr Jonathan Busby, British Geological Survey 22 Dr Qiong Cai, Surrey 23 Prof George Chen, Nottigham 24 Prof Rui Chen, Loughborough 25 Prof Simon Clarke, Oxford 26 Dr Liana Cipcigan, Cardiff 27 Dr Paul Alexander Connor, St Andrews 28 Dr Serena Corr, Glasgow 29 Prof Bob Critoph, Warwick 30 Dr Eddie Cussen, Strathclyde 31 Prof Jawwad Darr, UCL 32 Dr Prodip Das, Newcastle 33 Dr Chris Dent, Durham 34 Prof Yulong Ding, Birmingham 35 Prof Robert Dryfe, Manchester 36 Prof Stephen Duncan, Oxford 37 Dr Siân Dutton, Cambridge 38 Dr David Evans, British Geological Survey 39 Prof Stephen Fletcher, Loughborough 40 Dr Rupert Gammon, De Montfort University 41 3 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document CONTENTS CONTENTS Dr Nuria Garcia-Araez, Southampton 42 Prof Seamus Garvey, Nottingham 43 Dr Monica Giulietti, Cambridge 44 Prof Bartek A. Glowacki, Cambridge 45 Prof David Grant, Nottingham 46 Prof Patrick Grant, Oxford 47 Prof Richard Green, Imperial College 48 Prof David Greenwood, Warwick 49 Prof Marty Gregg, Queen’s University Belfast 50 Prof Duncan Gregory, Glasgow 51 Dr John Griffin, Lancaster 52 Prof Alan Guwy, South Wales 53 Dr Victoria Haines, Loughborough 54 Prof Chris Hardacre, Queen’s University of Belfast 55 Dr Laurence Hardwick, Liverpool 56 Prof Brian Hayden, Southampton 57 Prof Neil Hewitt, Ulster 58 Prof Robert Hillman, Leicester 59 Prof William Holderbaum, Reading 60 Prof Harry Hoster, Lancaster 61 Prof David Howey, Oxford 62 Prof Saiful Islam, Bath 63 Dr Johan Jacquemin, Queen’s University Belfast 64 Prof Nick Jelley, Oxford 65 Prof Paul Jennings, Warwick 66 Dr Lin Jiang, Liverpool 67 Dr Karen Johnston, Durham 68 Dr Nick Kelly, Strathclyde 69 Dr Denis Kramer, Southampton 70 Prof Furong Li, Bath 71 Dr Xiaohong Li, Exeter 72 Dr Yongliang Li, Birmingham 73 Dr Stefano Longo, Cranfield 74 Dr Melanie Loveridge, Warwick 75 Dr John Low, Warwick 76 4 CONTENTS Prof Christopher Lucas, Liverpool 77 Prof Robert MacKay, Warwick 78 Prof Khamid Mahkamov, Northumbria 79 Dr James Marco, Warwick 80 Prof Frank Marken, Bath 81 Dr Christos Markides, Imperial College 82 Prof Ricardo Martinez-Botas, Imperial College 83 Dr Ben Mestel, The Open University 84 Prof Jovica V Milanovic, Manchester 85 Dr Benjamin Morgan, Bath 86 Dr Andrew Morris, Cambridge 87 Prof Andrew Mount, Edinburgh 88 Dr Luis(Nando) Ochoa, Manchester 89 Dr Milijana Odavic, Sheffield 90 Dr Gregory Offer, Imperial College 91 Prof John Owen, Southampton 92 Dr Nazmiye Ozkan, Cranfield 93 Dr Pooja Panchmatia, Loughborough 94 Prof Mauro Pasta, Oxford 95 Dr Charalampos Patsios, Newcastle 96 Prof Susan Perkin, Oxford 97 Prof Michael Pollitt, Cambridge 98 Prof Keith Pullen, City University of London 99 Dr Jonathan Radcliffe, Birmingham 100 Dr Miles Redfern, Bath 101 Dr Daniel Rogers, Cardiff 102 Prof Tony Roskilly, Newcastle 103 Prof Keith Scott, Newcastle 104 Prof Suleiman Sharkh, Southampton 105 Prof Dmitry Shchukin, Liverpool 106 Dr Paul Shearing, UCL 107 Dr Stan Shire, Warwick 108 Dr Natasha Shirshova, Durham 109 Prof David Stone, Sheffield 110 Dr Dani Strickland, Aston 111 5 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document CONTENTS Prof Joshua (Jim) Swithenbank, Sheffield 112 Dr Mark Symes, Glasgow 113 Prof Peter Taylor, Leeds 114 Prof Phil Taylor, Newcastle 115 Dr Murray Thomson, Loughborough 116 Dr Yuan Tian, Hertdorshire 117 Prof Magdalena Titirici, Queen Mary 118 Dr Jeremy Titman, Nottingham 119 Dr Rebecca Todd, Manchester 120 Dr Kathryn Toghill, Lancaster 121 Dr Athanasios Tsolakis, Birmingham 122 Prof Gavin Walker, Nottingham 123 Prof Frank Walsh, Southampton 124 Dr Alex Walton, Manchester 125 Prof Jihong Wang, Warwick 126 Prof Meihong Wang, Hull 127 Prof Ian Ward, Leeds 128 Prof Michael Waterson, Warwick 129 Prof Mark Weller, Bath 130 Prof Anthony Roy West, Sheffield 131 Dr Alexander White, Cambridge 132 Dr John Whitton, Central Lancashire 133 Prof Richard Williams, Heriot-Watt 134 Dr Billy Wu, Imperial College 135 Prof Jianzhong Wu, Cardiff 136 Dr Qingchun Yuan, Aston 137 Prof Xiao-Ping Zhang, Birmingham 138 Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Appli- cations 139 Energy Research Group, Reading 140 Power systems, Newcastle 141 WMG, Warwick 142 6 7 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the Science Board members for their contributions to create this energy capability document. Images: - Image courtesy of adamr at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Charging Mobile Phone With Solar Charger”: - Image courtesy of franky242 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Car-sharing Electric Smart Is Be- ing Recharged” - Image courtesy of Sura Nualpradid at FreeDigitalPhotos.net: “Solar Cell And Wind Tur- bine” 8 Introduction Professor Peter Bruce, Director Energy Storage SUPERGEN As Director of the SUPERGEN Energy Storage Research Hub, Energy SUPERSTORE (http:// www.energysuperstore.org), it is my pleasure to share with you the summary of the UK’s capability in Energy Storage Research. This has been produced through the Hub and fund- ed by the Research Councils Energy Programme. This document will be updated regularly and available via the Hub’s website. If your research is not yet included and you would like it to be, then please contact us. Energy storage will become an increasingly vital of the energy landscape, transforming transportation and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Energy storage is being de- ployed on electricity grids across the world. Many energy storage research challenges remain to be addressed. The UK research base is well placed to play a significant role in addressing these challenges. The continued development and commercialisation of Energy Storage technology requires a collaborative approach between and within academia, industry and government. We hope that this document stimulates collaboration across the sector, and promotes new links with the outstanding UK research base in the field. 9 UK Energy Superstore Research Capability Document BIOGRAPHY : Dr Ainara Aguadero Dr Ainara Aguadero Lecturer in Materials Imperial College Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)2075945174 Website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.aguadero Biography 1300143 Ainara is leading a research in the Department • C. Bernuy-Lopez et al., “Atmosphere Controlled of Materials of Imperial College focused in the Processing of Ga-Substituted Garnets for high development of ceramic conductors for energy Li-ion conductivity ceramics”, Chem Mater, 26 applications (solid oxide fuel cells, electrolysers (2014), 3610 and batteries). Her research is focused on the understanding and improvement of the bulk and surface transport properties of ceramic oxides to be Equipment & Facilities used in electrochemical devices, and through this, • Glove box for synthesis and processing of she have developed new materials with substantial moisture-sensitive ceramics and cell assembly o increased in the performance than those of the with a high temperature furnace coupled (1600 C) current state-of-the-art. Ainara has published 46 peer • Isotopic exchange laboratory: D2O, H218O, 18O, reviewed papers with combined citations of over 800 6Li and 7Li labelling can be performed at different and she holds 1 patent. conditions of T, P(O2), P(H2O) and under applied voltages. • Extensive facilities for electrochemical Research Interests characterisation • Ceramic oxides with topotactic reversible redox • Lab for the synthesis and processing of ceramic behaviour oxides • Pure ionic conductors (lithium, sodium and oxygen) • Mixed ionic-electronic conductors • Surface and interfacial phenomena Key Publications • A. Aguadero et al., “An oxygen-deficient perovskite as selective catalyst in the oxidation of alkyl benzenes”, Angewandte chemie, 50 (2011), 6557 • A. Aguadero et al., “SrCo0.95Sb0.05O3-( as Cathode Material for High Power Density Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, Chem Mater, 22 (2011), 789 • N.Ortiz-Vitoriano et al.,“The Formation of Performance Enhancing Pseudo-Composites in the Highly Active La1-xCaxFe0.8Ni0.2O3 System for IT-SOFC Application”, Adv Func Mater, 23 (2013), 5131 • F. Aguesse et al., “Enhancement of the grain boundary conductivity in ceramic LLTO electrolytes in moisture-free processing environment”, Adv Mater: Interfaces, (2014), 10 BIOGRAPHY : Dr Linnea Maria Alfredsson Dr Linnea Maria Alfredsson Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Materials Modelling University of Kent Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)1227 823237 Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences/staff/profiles/ maria-alfredsson.html Biography Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (2011), 12826- She obtained her PhD from Uppsala University 12834 studying H-bonded systems and surface interactions. • Nwokeke, U.G. et al., “Nanocrystalline Fe1- After graduation she was awarded a fellowship to xCoxSn2 solid solutions prepared by reduction work at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on Solid of salts in tetraethylene glycol”, Journal of Alloys Oxide Fuel Cells and metal/oxide interfaces, after which she moved to the